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Get You Some – Blog Blazers

So, I’m sure you’ve seen people talk about the book Blog Blazers by Stephane Grenier lately but I wanted to tell you guys about this book. I was contacted by Stephane himself and he wanted to send me a copy to read and review and I liked the concept so I asked him to send me a copy. A few days later, I received it and I had kept it aside because I was taking finals and so I had to focus on that. I apologize to Stephane for writing this so late but I mean, it was worth the wait.

First off, for those of you who don’t know who Stephane Grenier is, let me tell you that he knows what he is talking about. He is the founder and CEO of Landlord Max Software, Inc. and he owns and operates several blogs. He speaks at the Website Promotion and Traffic Generation seminar and he is well-known for authoring his past ebook, How to Generate Traffic to Your Website. He has done a phenomenal job with this book and maybe having me tell you about it, will make you want to go and get the book.

The book itself is very interesting. The concept is highly interesting and basically Stephane has painstakingly interviewed 40 highly influential bloggers and asked them questions such as what their most successful blog post was, how they make money from their blog and what are some of their favorite blogs. Now, you’d think that wow 40 bloggers, that must be quite disorganized. Well, Stephane solved that issue too. The book is HIGHLY organized. The questions are well placed and it was really easy to go through the index and look up a certain blogger so you can read more about their interview.

It was really great to hear from some of the bloggers that Stephane has interviewed. He also did a great job with the questions and asked questions that most of us would like to know the answers to, so that was really good too. Its an excellent book and I highly recommend it.

Now, you might wonder how much this book costs. Well its actually very affordable. You can either buy it from the Blog Blazers website or through Amazon. The price is $16.95 plus shipping, no matter where you get it from, which is a really good deal if you ask me. If you’d like more options then if you head over to the Blog Blazers website, you can actually buy the ebook version and save a tree for $12.95 or you could get the hard copy and the ebook for $20.95 which is a really good deal. So, if you don’t have the book yet, then go out and get it!

Enkay’s Free Ebook

Yes, its true! I have an eBook of my own now. I have been writing this eBook since December of last year and because of school, I never got around to completing it. Well, over the summer I decided to completely re-write what I had and today is when I will be launching the free eBook. Before I get started, you can visit the eBook website at http://www.enkayblog.com/ebook or you can download it by clicking on the image below:

What Is It About?
First off, about 90% of the eBook content is written from scratch, so a lot of the content has been written specifically for the eBook and you won’t find it on my blog. It is 62 pages long and its a guide for all bloggers specially new bloggers. It helps you get started with blogging by picking out your options and then it provides you with tips about blogging, Alexa, Technorati as well as other topics such as Social Networking, Video Blogging and even Monetization. Its a very comprehensive guide to blogging and I really hope you like it.

Why Free?
Well, I figured that if people are unhappy with the book for some reason, then they can get their money back, which was zero to begin with. At least thats what one of the reasons was. The main reason why the book is free is so that I can help a charity.

I want everyone to read the book and once you’re done reading, and you like it, I want you to think what the amount would be that you would be willing to pay for this book and then I’d like you to donate that amount to the Save The Children Foundation. For those of you who don’t know what the organization does, I’ve created a small video below and have provided the narration for the video. I hope you can understand what this money can do for people who need it more than you and I do.

Hopefully the video will encourage you to support such organizations and foundations. For those of you who are wondering, yes, that is my voice as part of the narration and this video was created specially for the eBook. I would really like to hear your thoughts on the fact that the eBook is free and can really make a big difference in the lives of children who are truly deserving of help.

Win A Free iPod Nano

I have a brand new 4GB Silver Ipod Nano that I have to give away and so I figure that right now is the best time to do so. Theres only three ways you can get an entry.

1) The first is to subscribe to my blog using the form below (2 points):

2) The second way to get an entry is to blog about the book and link to this post using the words “free blogging ebook” or “blogging ebook” or anything you find fitting. Be sure to let me know what your url was so that I don’t miss it. (5 points)

3) The last method is to just let me know that you’ve downloaded and read the ebook (1 point). This is based on the honesty method so there isn’t any way that I can check on this but please be honest about it.

Once you’ve subscribed and downloaded and read the eBook or blogged about the book, just leave me a comment or send me an email and I’ll put your name in the mix. Also, I would like to offer more prizes so if you’re an advertiser and you’re willing to sponsor a prize, do let me know. I will be picking the winners October 15th so its less than a month away.

Hope you enjoy the eBook and I’d love to hear your feedback. This is the first eBook I’ve ever written so if you find any errors, do let me know. I also want to thank Rebecca Mercurio for helping me pick a date to launch the ebook. Since last night I have read it about 10 times to avoid any embarrassing errors but after a while you seem to think that everything looks good. So, in that case, do let me know if you find any errors and what you think! I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank You! First 10 Sponsors!

Well, It has been about 13 hours since The Wall Of Blogs was launched and it didn’t take very long for the first 10 sponsors to jump on board. A total of 18 spots have been filled, on the top fold of the wall of course. The 10 Sponsors are:

One Penny Project
Derrik Dyka – Flipping Rich & SilentPillow
Darin – Search Engine Marketing
Tyson – Some Make Money
BetShopBoy – Singapore Blogger
Abhijeet – Life Is Colourful
Derek Semmler
Brian Aldrich – The Prize Blog
My Blog Contest
Nick – Roman Dock

There are still 14 spots remaining on the top fold and as mentioned earlier, I have reduced the number of blocks to 640 mainly to make sure that the wall isn’t too long. This does cut on my part of the income but that truly doesn’t matter as long as my advertisers get their money’s worth. Doing this has also increased your chances of winning the $1000 that I will be giving away once the spots are filled.

What I will be doing is breaking down the 640 blocks into levels and those levels will be sequentially rotated on a daily basis meaning that EVERYONE will have the opportunity to be in the top fold several times a month. Also, this question was raised several times and I wanted to let you guys know that the ad block you purchase is there for LIFE. The wall will remain up forever and the domain is on auto-renew so do not worry about that. $5 for a 125×125 ad block for Life is a pretty great deal in my eyes but its all up to you when you want to get in on it.

Thanks again to my first 10 sponsors and I am sure that you will not be disappointed! Thanks again

FlippingRich.com T-Shirt Giveaway Contest!

Well, my last contest ended well but I wanted to increase the chances of winning for those people who may not have won anything in past blog contests. The only way to go about this was to have a few more prizes and pick a winner every so often and thats exactly what I have decided to do. I have been given 5 t-shirts from Derrik Dyka of FlippingRich.com and I have to give them away!

You may have seen me wear the shirt, but so has JohnChow and now it is your chance to get your hands on one of these shirts. I have 5 t-shirts and I will be giving one t-shirt out for every 10 entrants. Basically, once I have 50 entrants, I will be all out of t-shirts! Depending on how the contest goes, Derrik may consider sending me a few more but for right now lets get the party started! Oh, and I forgot to mention, just like last time, every entrant will get a free back link from me just for entering!

Here are some rules and guidelines on how to enter:
1) Like always, you aren’t required to create a brand new post for the contest. You can mention it in an existing post if you wish.
2) You need to link back to this page and flippingrich.com and say a few words, here is an example:

Enkay Blog is giving away 5 Flippingrich.com t-shirts! I hope I win!

3) You need to email me your name, URL, post URL in which you mentioned the contest and Your preferred anchor text.

Thats all! Once again, I keep the contest entry simple so you can see that I am not asking too much! I will pick one winner out of every 10 entries I receive, so winners will be announced over the course of the contests’ life. The contest doesn’t have an end date because as soon as the 50 entries are received, I will be all out of shirts so I cannot put a time frame for that! Hope to see you guys enter! Thanks again!

Blog Server Update
As many of you may have read in the earlier post, the blog is being transferred to a brand new server from my free one to boost performance and to eliminate the downtime that is experienced at times. The newer server is definitely much faster and once I have it all ready, I will be talking to my host and offer you guys a great hosting package at a great price! Thanks again and I apologize for the inconvenience! Trust me, I hope that this process goes through fast but apparently 24 hours is the norm for such a transfer!

50% Off Reviews

If you guys haven’t noticed, I added a “Advertise” page to the blog which allows people to buy everything from sidebar text ads, to full website reviews and even a sidebar ad. My website also uses other Advertising methods such as ReviewMe, PayPerPost, Sponsored Reviews along with Google Adsense. The price of a full site review is the same on each of those websites however, what a lot of people don’t realize is that those websites take a commission on your review sales. For example, John Chow’s review price is set at $400 meaning that he only receives $200 from ReviewMe. For the next 30 days, if you purchase a full site review from my blog it will be half price. You won’t have to pay $40 for a review if you order directly from me, but now it will be $20. You will get a full site review which will be upwards of 400 words and will include screenshots. Remember, if you want me to highlight a contest, let me know and I will include that in there. To get your hands on this half off deal, send me an email and I will get back to you shortly. Obviously, there will be several link backs to your site within the review itself. So if you could use a little exposure at a bargain price then go ahead and jump on this deal!

Note: Please include your email address in the notes or description so that I can contact you regarding the website, product or service that needs to be reviewed. Thanks!